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In a recent game, I noticed that the event card "The Royal Navy" directs the Anglo-American player to "Play a Status card".

This is in contrast with other event cards from the same deck, such as "Asquith Sends Ultimatum" and "First Lord of the Admiralty Prepares for War", which specify to "Play a United Kingdom Status card".

I was wondering if this is a misprint, or if the Royal Navy card is actually intended to allow for an American Status to be played? Thank you

I think there's the same idea with the "Draft a Build Army" for the power with two countries.I'm assuming you can Draft an ottoman Build Army with an austrian Event which allows to "Draft a Build Army" (at no cost). It helps a lot at the beginning of the war.

Who else would love to see an Air expansion to this game? I'd sooooo love to see some WWI planes flying around on this board (and yes, I know, we've got two aviation-themed cards already, Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron, but come on, there's so much more potential in there)

chassdeau wrote:

I think there's the same idea with the "Draft a Build Army" for the power with two countries.I'm assuming you can Draft an ottoman Build Army with an austrian Event which allows to "Draft a Build Army" (at no cost). It helps a lot at the beginning of the war.

Am I missing something here? The only two Austro-Hungarian cards that let you draft (that I can find) are Royal Hungarian Honvéd and Imperial Austrian Landwehr, and they both say that the drafted Build Army has to be Austro-Hungarian (and conversely, Ottoman Mobilization says that you draft an Ottoman Build Army card)...

But, the Idea is the same:- when a Event target a card to play (play a status card, draft a build army card) with no country specific, we have the choice of the country. If the target is country specific (Play a UK status card, Draft an Austrian-Hungary Build Army card), we don't have the choice.- when a Event initiate an action (Battle, Recruit, Build), the action is country specific because the Event is country specific.

However, Ian just stated that, in the specific case of The Royal Navy, the way it is worded does not reflect the way it was supposed to work. There's going to be an errata for that card to restrict it to a UK status only, presumably since it would not make sense, thematically, for the Royal Navy card to affect the American play.

So, by the same token, I am assuming that the text of the Cambrai card is also imprecise, considering how that Battle only saw British and French involvement on the Allied side (the US, while already at war at that point, only really started putting boots on the ground the following year).

However, Ian just stated that, in the specific case of The Royal Navy, the way it is worded does not reflect the way it was supposed to work. There's going to be an errata for that card to restrict it to a UK status only, presumably since it would not make sense, thematically, for the Royal Navy card to affect the American play.

So, by the same token, I am assuming that the text of the Cambrai card is also mistaken, considering how that Battle only saw British and French involvement on the Allied side (the US, while already at war at that point, only really started putting boots on the ground the following year).

Yes, you're right. With the errata, it will be easier (with 1 status (or 2), the problem doesn't occur a lot).